Ship of Tears
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Ship of Tears is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5
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returns to Babylon 5 and proposes an unlikely alliance.
A convoy of "weapons supplies" for the Shadows is intercepted in hyperspace by the White Star.
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
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Synopsis
BesterAlfred Bester (Babylon 5)
Alfred Bester is a Babylon 5 character played by Walter Koenig. He is a senior Psi Cop and a recurring antagonist in the series. J. Michael Straczynski named the character after the science fiction writer Alfred Bester, since telepathy is a recurring theme in his work .-Early Life and Career:The...
returns to Babylon 5 and proposes an unlikely alliance.
A convoy of "weapons supplies" for the Shadows is intercepted in hyperspace by the White Star.
Arc significance
- ISNInterstellar Network NewsInterstellar Network News is a fictional TV news network in the Babylon 5 universe. ISN's motto is The Galaxy's Most Important Network. ISN was modelled on real-world news outlets, such as CNN....
comes back online, this time as a propaganda tool. - The ShadowsShadow (Babylon 5)The Shadows are a fictional alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Their homeworld is Z'ha'dum. In contrast to the Vorlons, whose philosophy is represented by the question "Who are you?", that of the Shadows is represented by the question "What do you want?", centering...
have infiltrated the Psi CorpsPsi CorpsIn the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps is an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for all humans with telepathic or other para-psychological abilities anywhere within Earth controlled space. All persons with Psi abilities are required to either join the Corps, face lifetime...
to acquire telepaths for use as living processor cores to protect the connection between the being and the ship from telepathic interference. - A woman BesterAlfred Bester (Babylon 5)Alfred Bester is a Babylon 5 character played by Walter Koenig. He is a senior Psi Cop and a recurring antagonist in the series. J. Michael Straczynski named the character after the science fiction writer Alfred Bester, since telepathy is a recurring theme in his work .-Early Life and Career:The...
is in love with is one of the telepaths to be used by the Shadows, giving him a reason to temporarily side with Babylon 5. - The war room is seen for the first time.
- A thousand years ago the Narn telepaths sacrificed themselves to drive the Shadows from their homeworld.
- The Shadows invade Brakiri space.
- The overt Shadow WarShadow WarThe Shadow Wars are a fictional series of wars involving the Shadows in the television science fiction series Babylon 5. There have actually been many Shadow Wars since ancient times in the galaxy. Roughly every thousand years, the Shadows begin a new Shadow War to promote chaos in the universe in...
begins.